Henrique's Night at Button Down Disco

[dotinthesky]

I can't believe I danced to Tiffany's I Think We Are Alone Now yesterday. And I can't believe the crowd on the dancefloor started chanting "Kate Bush! Kate Bush!" until the DJ played Wuthering Heights. Weirdness. I took Henrique to Button Down Disco so he could get a taste of people dancing in their PJs, see girls with 1983 Princess Diana haircuts and drink tons of cheap Vodka & Tonics. The place never got too full, which was a nice change; we had enough space on the dancefloor, though the endless crunching of broken glass got annoying after a while. Silke got drunk and snogged one of the bartenders ("we exchanged ice cubes!"); some random woman grabbed my jaw and shook it as she walked by; one chick tried to pick up Kevin & Henrique but they pretended they only spoke Portuguese until she left them alone; Clare was depressed because of "stuff", then got happy with Henrique's magic tricks, then extra happy when I bought her a Jack Daniel's & coke, then extremely happy when a tall goofy blonde latched onto her.

The DJ wasn't the usual guy, but the music didn't deviate from the same stuff (a bit of 80s, a bit of cheesy rock, a bit of technoey/dancey stuff). I can't enjoy myself there anymore unless I'm drunk.

On the way home, we told Henrique to watch out for all the brasilians on the number 6 bus. And, lo & behold, a hoard of them walked in, shouting at the top of their lungs, and having the most hilarious conversations. I had to hold myself back from laughing. Henrique got depressed though when he realized how loud and obnoxious those brasilians were. We ate a pizza before going to bed and went for greasy breakfast this morning. We are now debating what to do with our afternoon.

Comments

[rebellemichelle.livejournal.com]

ha ha! you danced to I think we're alone now! ha ha

xo

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Ha! It's not just Americans who are loud and obnoxious on vacation! Although, seriously, there must be something about being from the Americas b/c man are Latin Americans loud!!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I think Brasillians are just as loud, if not more, than Americans!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

there's a boisterousness to Latin Americans that sometimes I love and sometimes I abhor. Mostly depending upon my mood.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[androktone.livejournal.com]

i can play "i think we're alone now". its all on e slidey chords. want to join the band?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'd love to join the band... but I'm afraid my image would make you guys go from punks to emo-librarian-core! Are you sure you want to run the risk? ;-)

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

hahaha! I would call that an almost perfect night ;)
oh my... we brazilians are so intese x_x

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It was a group of 10 drunk brasilians, so you can imagine...

[beeorkendurkey.livejournal.com]

the first two sentences. you say that to torment me, right? like i didn't already want to fly out there every other weekend. fahk. kate bush! oh, my heart.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I thought of you when they played it! Everyone just swaying on the dancefloor to "Heathcliff! It's me, Cathy, I've come home..." Well, I could imagine holding your hand and spinning you around the flashing squares.

[dilvalicious.livejournal.com]

that sounds like a fun night!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

started out ok, but then got very fun once the drinks kicked in.

[dilvalicious.livejournal.com]

isn't that usually the way?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yup. Had a dream with you last night! :)

[dilvalicious.livejournal.com]

really?
What happened>

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I was in a mall with you and a guy (Stanza perhaps?) We were talking about Mike and it was pretty much what we've been discussing here lately. I left the mall (it was in Toronto) and there was this steep street outside, with a cafe at the end. I reached the outdoors tables of this cafe, saw some friends, and left a fairycake on the table.

I went back to the Mall and saw someone who looked like Mike. I stuck a type of cellotape on his sweater and then pulled it; he looked at me as if I was weird. I found you again and you handed me a ticket, saying I'd won a trip to Italy! I tried to convince you to take the ticket, but you insisted I have it.

I left the mall again and climbed that steep road. Outside of the cafe were some kids throwing an american football; they kept hitting my chest with it. I shouted at them and their father came over to our table at the cafe. Just as I was about to fight with the man, police arrived, handcuffed him and took him away.

:P

[dilvalicious.livejournal.com]

weird!

[vilhem.livejournal.com]

"Clare was depressed because of "stuff", then got happy with Henrique's magic tricks, then extra happy when I bought her a Jack Daniel's & coke, then extremely happy when a tall goofy blonde latched onto her"

Ahh, that is what I always say...we humans are SO EASY to please!

Lovely soirée, that sounds but women with Diana´s hairstyles? makes a face.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yes, there were a couple of weird Diana hairstyles going on, as well as mismatched clothes, space boots, etc. It's interesting to look though.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

More on the Piano Man (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22082005/356/piano-man-reveals-true-identity.html)

[dawnkitten.livejournal.com]

Goddammit - once day I'm going to make it to Button Down - I swear - it always sounds so much fun :)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Better hurry up, cause the longer it goes the bigger the chances of it coming to an end one day. ;-)